2025 Natural Grocers Sustainability Report

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Since their founding in 2003, Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed (THLG) has been focused on its mission to nourish soil, plants, cattle and people by holistically grazing cattle for their lifetime. They continue to grow and develop as an industry leader and have been certified as 100% grassfed by the American Grassfed Association for many years and recently earned the Audubon Conservation Ranching certification to further elevate their transparency and demonstrate the impact of their standards. Certified by American Grassfed™ reflects a rigorous set of standards for animal husbandry and grazing practices, designed to ensure humane animal treatment, promote animal welfare, and support human health: Animals are fed only grass and forage from weaning until harvest No GMOs, grain, grain byproducts, or dried distillers grains are permitted VENDOR PROFILE: Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed The Audubon Certified-Bird Friendly Land seal recognizes lands managed to promote biodiversity, including but not limited to birds. This certification has three pillars that THLG follows: Habitat Management, Animal Health and Welfare, and Environmental Sustainability. The requirements include soil monitoring to assess the health of the land and the animals’ positive impacts on the soil. “The Audubon certification means consumers can know with certainty the practices of all our farmers support diverse grassland pastures devoid of pesticides while full of grasses, flowers, forbs, legumes, buzzing insects, and nesting birds. Its habitat is made entirely possible through bird-friendly grazing,” said Matt Maier, owner of Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed. For more information, please visit THLG's website at thousandhillslifetimegrazed.com . Animals are raised on pasture without confinement to feedlots Animals are never treated with antibiotics or growth hormones All animals are born and raised on American family farms

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